The Cara Drip: What happened when I tried it

IV vitamin drips are in the news again after model Cara Delevigne posted a pic of her arm with one in. I tried one out ages ago so I figured today I’d repost my review just in case anyone was wondering what it was like…..Here you go.

Cara, Rhianna, Simon Cowell – all among the celebs rumoured to have tried vitamin drips. They aren’t alone. I tested them after I heard about City traders in London using them to tackle all the issues that come with burning the candle at every end conceivably possible – stress management, hangovers and pepping up their energy for a big trading day ahead etc. But now it seems its gone A-list. Health-e-Helen however had gone there first! I had the Drip and Chill – as it’s known in Britain – back in 2012 (I’m so hip).

The idea is simple – the drip pumps in lots of fluid, a heavy dose of energising B vitamins – plus a few other vitamins or minerals tailored to your individual issues. It’s not for the fainthearted though.

For starters , it’s an IV drip – this means you have to have a needle put in your hand – and while the team doing it are very skilled it does still hurt a bit – plus, there’s the thought that you’re sitting there with a needle in your hand to get over (I stared at the ceiling a lot). Then there’s the taste….as the vitamins enter your system you get a pretty strong ‘I just burped up a really metallic multivit’ taste in your mouth which, if I was a City boy with a hangover might tip me over the hill to gagville. I was also left ridiculously thirsty afterwards.

But it did work – I went out that night and was really pepped up and energised. And I woke up the next morning feeling fine (despite wine) and with lovely clear eyes and plumped up skin. Yet, with all those benefits I wouldn’t I do it again. Why? Ummm, because it costs £225 a session and personally if I’m partying or working so hard that I’m willing to pay a couple of hundred quid to counteract it I think I’d be better off in therapy than sticking a drip in my arm. £225 to Rhianna though is about £3.50 and for that it would definitely be worth it! If therefore your bank balance is more Rhianna’s than mine, you want to give it a try, visit efmedispa.com and you can check out their treatment menu.

My name is Helen. And what makes me happy is discovering the newest, strangest or most fun products, studies and ideas in the worlds of diet, fitness and health. I do this all day every day - and some of them make me go 'oooh' ...
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